Parliament agrees to lift restrictions on shop opening hours

What would a 15-year-old boy do in a grocery shop in the middle of the night? “Buy energy drinks,” replies Kim Vornanen, a resident of Mellunmäki, Helsinki, while buying vanilla-filled buns, rice pasties and cinnamon rolls with his girlfriend at an S-market in downtown Helsinki.

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Julkaistu: 16.12.2015 11:09

The Finnish Parliament approved on Tuesday a proposal to lift all restrictions on the opening hours of shops, effectively granting retailers and hairdressers the right to keep their doors open to customers for up to 24 hours a day.